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The Human Spring Approach to Thoracic Outlet Syndrome : How to Get Pain Free by Restoring Your Thoracic Outlet Spring Mechanism (Human Spring Book Series 4) by [Dr. James Stoxen DC FSSEMM hon]

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If you have headaches, neck pain, neck stiffness, back spasms, muscle pain, back pain, shoulder pain, and pain between the shoulder blades, numbness and tingling, you may have thoracic outlet syndrome (TOS).

TOS is caused by compression of the neck, upper back, rib cage and the shoulder that squeeze the blood vessels and nerves that pass from the chest and neck through the thoracic tunnel into the arm.

TOS is one of the most controversial conditions in medicine. For most patients there thoracic outlet syndrome is overlooked and misdiagnosed leaving them suffering needlessly in chronic pain for months and even years. Then one day, someone says, "Could it be thoracic outlet syndrome?"

Over the last 30 years, studies confirm that doctor’s knowledge of the basic anatomy has dipped below a safe and acceptable level.

That is why their exams cant determine if you have TOS or one of these similar conditions:

- a herniated disc? a bulged disc? a slipped disc?
- a pinched nerve in the neck? cervical radiculopathy? a brachial plexus injury? brachial neuritis?
- shoulder hyperabduction? a shoulder impingement? a rotator cuff syndrome?
- median nerve entrapment? cubital tunnel syndrome? carpal tunnel syndrome?
- Raynaud's phenomenon? a Pancoast’s lung tumor? a syringomyelia?
- muscular sclerosis? muscular dystrophy?
- cervical ribs? an elevated first rib?

What if it is a combination of a few of these conditions? Oh no!

Confused, doctors order an MRI. You think they are getting down to business but sadly doctors know they can’t diagnose or determine the cause of TOS with an MRI.

If you are misdiagnosed, their treatment approach wont work.

This book has an entire chapter on how to back-check your doctors diagnosis.

There are more than 16 different treatment approaches doctors recommend to treat TOS. Some advocate painkillers, NSAIDS, scalene injections, Botox injections, stretching, traction, nerve gliding, ultrasound, muscle stimulation, dry needling, supports, ergonomic corrections, first rib and spinal adjustments, massage, stretches and exercises. Which one "by itself" removes all the compression that causes TOS and prevents it from returning? None of them!

When these conservative treatments fail, you are facing TOS surgery. There are 4 muscles that lift the first rib (tunnel floor) up into the outlet and 6 muscles that drag the shoulder (tunnel roof) down into the outlet. TOS surgery only removes the rib (floor) and 3 muscles and one of the 6 muscles that drag the shoulder (roof) down into the outlet.

What if you just painkillers and live in chronic pain? The constant compression could cause a blood clot in the vein under the collarbone. If it releases as a pulmonary embolism it could cause a pulmonary infarct that may kill you.

What is the human spring approach?

If you don’t know how the body works a doctor can tell you anything and you have to believe them. Knowing doctors this is not a good position to be in. His teachings will help you sharpen your judgment on what course to take in treatment & prevention.

He teaches how the body uses springs systems to absorb collisions of walking and running, springs to recycle energy and spring engineering to maintain a strong wide open thoracic outlet and tunnel.

The aha moment is when you learn the that most treatments are only effective at restoring your lever mechanisms. You cant restore the thoracic outlet, spring engineering with treatments designed for lever mechanisms only!

This book has photos of 30 self-massage and stretching exercises that you can do yourself to reduce your muscle and joint pain. He also provides photos of the approach he uses to restore your spring so you can show your doctor what to do. There are over 30 stretches & exercises that will lift the roof (shoulder) off the thoracic outlet to prevent TOS from recurring.

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Publisher : Masters Academy Publishing inc (23 October 2018)
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Anthony Albert

Cheaper and more effective that a Physio appointment!

Reviewed in Australia on 12 December 2018

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99% of health books and advice on the physical body is outdated. ...Why? Because they’re based on a model that's 350 years old, influenced by dead bodies!!!! NOT ALIVE BODIES!!!

No wonder people live too short and die to long these days.

This book basically educates how to look after yourself physically so you can live and feel both stronger and better when it comes to the upper body (for the lower body, there’s “how I got my wiggle back”)

Surprising easy to read for how technical the subject is.

I am a Professional Athlete who has been following the Human Spring Approach since 2012. I was super injury prone my entire life before hand. I haven't had much since and if I do they are super easy to manage now in a way that allows me to still train super hard. I'm the guy everyone goes to when they find an injury for instant relief and game plan to continue training... and it's all outlined in this book.

Dr James Stoxen's story is amazing and it's must read to understand why he's approach isn't just mumbo jumbo... He was personally forced to uncover the truth.

I've also used the approach on my mum to assist her RSI she's had since the late 90s... it would of disappeared already for her if she wasn't as hard headed and followed my advice!!!! I can't wait for my hard copy to arrive so I can put that put photocopies of the book all over the house so she has no excuse!!!

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Melissa Benton

A full review: the book, the treatment and future plans

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 14 August 2020

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In order to review Dr. Stoxen’s book, I wanted to first put his theories into practice and try out the suggested treatment method for a few months. Now that I have done that, I have a deeper understanding of my body and of TOS itself, as well as the ways in which I can alleviate the pain I’ve endured for nine years.

Reading about the Human Spring Theory helped me to understand how my muscles have reacted to my TOS as ‘spasms’ and, thus, have added to my pain by further compressing the nerves and arteries in my thoracic outlet. In order to release the ‘spring’ of those muscles, I needed to learn where those muscles were, and studied a fair bit of anatomy during the recent lockdown. My husband researched and learned about the different muscles along with me, so that he could help me with the treatment.

Treatment Part I: massage time

In order to carry out the recommended treatment, you will need someone to help you. Under Dr. Stoxen’s direction, my husband and I were able to try the method of relaxing the muscles through vibrational massage and deep tissue massage. Every evening for the last few months, we have done 30-45 minutes of vibrational massage to push inflammation out of the muscles and relax them. Then we’d do deep tissue massage, followed by a further 15-20 minutes of vibrational massage to ease some of the soreness from the deep tissue work. Depending on how bad my condition is each time, the whole process usually takes about 1-1.5 hours. It is a time commitment, but definitely worth it as my pain has decreased significantly. I believe that, as you continue doing the treatment, you’ll be able to decrease the amount of time or not even need to do it every day. However, at the beginning, the most effective method is to do it every single day.

One could say that Dr. Stoxen’s ideas aren’t completely new, but they work on the basis of taking your wellbeing into your own hands. Physical therapists are really good at their jobs and it’s thanks to them that I’ve been able to manage daily pain all these years. However, their appointments are limited to 15-30 minutes, depending on the type of health insurance you have. Dr. Stoxen is adamant about the fact that, for conditions like TOS, more time is vital for a more complete treatment of the issue.

Moreover, Dr. Stoxen states it’s not necessary to rely on doctors prescribing strong pain relieving drugs or offering a surgery that doesn’t necessarily have a high success rate. In fact, in order to do this treatment, you need to be completely off all medication. You need to be able to feel the pain so that you know in which areas to do the treatment. I know that is a challenge, especially if you’ve relied on pills for years to manage your pain and be able to do ordinary tasks. I had actually made the decision to stop taking medication about six months before we started the treatment. I knew it would be necessary anyway, to improve my overall health, but it was not easy to stop completely.

Treatment Part II: stretch & strengthen

The second part of Dr. Stoxen’s treatment is familiar ground to those who have tried the physical therapy route. In his book, he sets out a number of stretches and strengthening exercises, specifically meant to target those key muscles. The idea is that you adjust the muscles through massage and stretching, and then you strengthen them to relieve the compression on the bones that have trapped the nerves and arteries. To do these exercises, you may need to purchase a few items, but nothing overly expensive. And since we couldn’t afford fancy equipment or gym membership, here’s a list of the tools we did use:

-Dr. Stoxen’s book
-The Vibeassage from Dr. Stoxen’s website (this was the most expensive purchase, but it was necessary for this treatment and well worth the money)
-A stretchband (start with this before moving on to weights)
-A dumb bell set
-Suspension trainer
-Exercise ball

Treatment Part III: professional guidance

The third and final part of Dr. Stoxen’s suggested treatment is to find a chiropractor that would be able to adjust your first rib. This is the one part of the treatment I’ve been hesitant about and have not carried out yet. I understand that Dr. Stoxen believes releasing the first rib is key; however, I’m still doing research on this and seeking advice from various sources, including doctors, physical therapists, osteopaths and chiropractors. I believe it’s vital to first know what type of TOS you have, and whether or not it’s directly related to the first rib. Unfortunately, progress has been slow in my research because of lockdown and not being able to visit doctors freely, but I will not give up.

Something I wish I’d known nine years ago is that there’s no need to rush into something I’m uncertain of, and no matter how confident a doctor, physical therapist, osteopath or chiropractor sounds, there are things they will only see from their particular professional viewpoint. A doctor gets your scans done, prescribes drugs and, eventually, suggests surgery. Physical therapists don’t want you to opt for surgery too soon and would rather you do your exercises- strengthen that core, fix your posture, etc. Osteopaths are concerned with your alignment and posture. And so the list goes. Whatever happens and whoever you see, don’t forget this: you know your body best. So, as you try various treatments, only you will be able to tell if it actually helps you and makes you feel better.

Do I recommend it?

If you’re an English teacher, or simply have a fondness for good writing, you probably will struggle with Dr. Stoxen’s book. The diagrams and illustrations aren’t always clear, and the corresponding website is also uninspiring. For a practical and charismatic person like Dr. Stoxen, I think making a short instruction manual or a series of instructional videos would be more suitable. However, if you can wade through the writing style and mechanics of the book, there are still nuggets of helpful ideas to be gained by reading it. In the end, my husband and I contacted Dr. Stoxen directly. He was very kind and he happily explained his points to us in more detail and even showed us how to use the vibrating massager via video call.

Finally, is it worth it to try Dr. Stoxen’s suggested treatment for TOS? The pain is not totally gone overall and there are still good days and bad days, but honestly, I cannot recommend this treatment enough. For the first time in months (years even!) I have been sleeping through most nights and waking up without pain. There are many activities I can do now that I haven’t been able to do in years. Hobbies I thought I’d have to give up because of my pain, I can now do freely. Dr. Stoxen introduced us to an idea that has given me so much to look forward to.

Paolo F.

The best book on TOS I've ever read

Reviewed in Italy on 14 November 2018

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An excellent book, with wonderful illustrations and an extraordinary care for details.
Precise in physiology, a text that starts from the anatomy and arrives at the techniques of therapy. Absolutely to have in your library.

Leitor

O livro é uma enganação

Reviewed in Brazil on 9 March 2020

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O autor só está interessado em vender um produto que ele inventou. Não caiam nessa!

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Zachary D. Bergen

A runner finds a model that works

Reviewed in the United States on 27 October 2018

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I've just completed my reading/assessment of Dr. Stoxen's book. Having taught at the University of Colorado at Boulder and reviewed many proposed textbooks I find this book to be a perfect balance of information, pace, illustration, case studies, and assessment, practice, treatment, and long-term maintenance. That's a tall order since many texts I have been presented with over the years are severely lacking. I've followed Dr. Stoxen's work for many years from the standpoint of running mechanics and ways to move more efficiently. In addition, I drive a desk for work and have been reminded to do some key stretches after reading this book.
I am a physicist and happy to say that no physics education is necessary to absorb the cogent material presented. When one opens a door it's obvious you don't push at the hinge. Likewise, the tiresome practice of modeling the body as a lever has been replaced by a more appropriate spring model which is intuitively presented and easily understood. Imagine holding a skeleton are and bending it at the elbow. It doesn't respond or reflex in the lever model. It's static and stays in the set position. The body does not work that way. Obviously, the muscle in the arm activates the joint and creates movement similar to a spring and there is an obvious connection and reaction to movement via the muscles/tendons/ligaments. The engineer in me would also add a damped oscillator concept yet that is unnecessary.
Since beginning running “minimally” (I avoid the term barefoot) I’ve learned that stride is the key element of a successful run and having read this book I see how the entire body is involved due to the spring mechanism, position of the head, and the arm movement. Many runners rely on shoes that only address the area of impact (padded heel, wedge shaped sole) and forget about the equal and opposite reaction that propagates up the leg and the entire body. In addition, most runners neglect proper stride and end up spending years and a lot of money compensating for the ensuing running injuries that are guaranteed by either overuse with improper stride or unnecessary mass-spring loading due to misalignment. The action of the well-conditioned calf working with the fascia up through the body may only be understood with a spring mass model since this natural shock absorption system is key to understanding proper form and explaining the common running injuries which I have since avoided. The way you carry your upper body is important as the shock loading from improperly positioned arms and head can cause undue fatigue.
Before I go far into my review the book is far from a purely theoretical treatment of TOS. I find that Dr. Stoxen's experience with patients has enabled him to present information that is actionable in terms of the bottom line: healing and continued function of the body. The contemporary case studies are helpful in leading readers to the proper source of diagnosis and treatment for their pain. I think many will benefit from integrating this book into their practice as well as the general public. Dr. Stoxen is adept at explaining and diagraming the complex relationships and moving parts in the TO. This level of accountability is important as it helps isolate causes for TOS and hence aid treatment.
An important aspect of the book is the attention to healing/prevention and not symptomatic treatment, something I find all too common in contemporary medicine. The ability of Dr. Stoxen to explain the mechanisms of the forces in the body to most everyone without an advanced degree will give the material traction and point many to an increased quality of life. The book will provide a living document that will be off the shelf and open more often that lined up with other texts from graduate school. If that sounds dramatic recall that almost 18% of Americans suffer from chronic or severe pain and are treated with drugs (epidemic in recent news). Masking pain is dangerous and unnecessary as Dr. Stoxen takes us through a very detailed discussion regarding what to do and what not to do and the ramifications (pardon the old terminology).
There are so many books regarding pain in the body and it's difficult to research the many possible causes. My suggestion is to start with this book because the many possible sources of pain are detailed as well as a necessary education about the TO. I say this because our modern lifestyle points to TOS as the culprit more often than not. This approach will also help avoid a lot of time involved with misdiagnosis. Given this information (and hopefully a visit to Dr. Stoxen for lucky locals) it's possible to streamline the search for a proper modality (course of treatment).
It seems intuitively obvious to me that the spring mass model (and beyond) is appropriate for modeling the basic movement of the body w/r to the skeletal-muscle system. What I found surprising is the longevity of the old lever model. This points to the need for more multi-disciplinary research and problem-solving in medicine (and other fields for that matter). A protocol that only addresses pain management won't contribute to root cause analysis and subsequent indicated therapy. Thoracic Outlet Syndrome isn't necessarily a household term and now it should be. Given our preoccupation with smart phones and bad posture driven by over-stimulation in the media the need for this understanding is heightened.
Takeaway: Even though I live pain free because I am certain that I can benefit from an assessment and learn about the targeted activity and stretches I can do to maintain my proper body function. If you live with pain and have given up and think that it could even remotely be TOS, learn from this book, get help, and consult Dr. Stoxen before you consider surgery.
I have both undergraduate and graduate degrees in physics, have done shock mechanics research at NASA JSC, am published in four fields of study, have taught at the University of Colorado at Boulder, and worked over 30 years in both commercial and R&D involving related technologies (physics, materials, mechanics, motion, and some medical research). I only mention this to give my review efficacy and point the reader to this work in order to advance the state of medicine.

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Olha

After reading this book I will never let a doctor or therapist treat me the “old way” ever again!

Reviewed in the United States on 8 December 2018

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I’ve had shoulder and neck pain that has not been going away and I went to a few of the top therapists people say are the best. After not getting better Im reading articles and books and then I hear about thoracic outlet syndrome. It scared me because I heard people have to get neck surgery cutting out muscles and a rib.

So, that is why I bought this book. I did not know if I had thoracic outlet syndrome or not. Well I found out that I did not have thoracic outlet syndrome. Thank God! But, it did not matter because everything he mentioned in this book helped relieve my neck pain and shoulder pain and I treated myself!

This human spring concept he talks about is fascinating because for the first time I really understood logically why all the therapy used by other healers that tried to help me did not work and could never work no matter how many treatments.

He explains clearly in the book how the body is a combination of connected levers and springs He says that doctors and therapists (including himself) were and are taught the body is designed and moves as connected levers I even heard that from my former therapist.

Then he explains how after getting years of treatment that the doctors weren’t looking at the body the right way. He explains with extremely helpful detailed illustrations, simple analogies and models like from high school how the spring system of the body works and what parts of our body like the thoracic engineered with springs. Fascinating!

He shows you how the tunnel has a floor, (the ribs of the chest) and a roof (the shoulder) and this tunnel has to be wide open for the nerves and blood vessels to go into the arm. From what I read about thoracic outlet people only talk about cutting out the rib to open the outlet. What if you do that and still the shoulder is crushed down on the nerves after the surgery? No wonder so many people still have pain after getting the muscles and ribs cut out of the neck.

What makes sense is that only certain treatments can open it up which he outlines at the end of the book. He explains that elbows, knees, ankles are levers and they can get better with normal treatments but the reason why doctors and therapists don't have good results with herniated discs and thoracic outlet syndrome is because they don’t treat the “cause” of what is compressing them.

That was a huge moment for me that made the reading of this book worth every penny and then some. Just from learning that I will never let another person treat me the same way again I don't want to waste my time and money.

He has photos of him doing the exact pressure points so you can bring the book to your doctor or therapist and they can do the exact treatments that is shown in the book. The problem is that when I found out how uninformed my doctors and therapists are I did not want to go back to them anymore. Why should I teach them? They should know all this!!!!

The book has this one section where he has the pictures of the muscles to work on with pressure points in purple and a photo of this girl doing them showing exactly where to press.

We are taught that muscles burn fat, look nice and help support our posture but I never thought of muscles opening a tunnel in my neck, shoulder and chest area. The human body is amazing and he helps you discover how amazing it is with his teachings.

In the end of the book it is provided mathematically how long you would need to treat your these specific muscles that cause the pain in your muscles and joints Now I know why my therapists couldn't help me. It is because they MISSED 6 of the muscles I needed to have treated and they did not spend enough time on me to completely heal me. You know the drill. You feel a little better when you leave but YOU NEVER GET COMPLETELY PAIN FREE.

My husband and I are doing the exercises in the back of the book. We have never felt better. My husband drives a truck long hours and he says he doesn’t have that neck and back pain anymore on long rides because his neck and back posture is better from the exercises.

If you have neck pain, shoulder pain and thoracic outlet syndrome and are not getting better like me. After you read this book you will know when the common treatments used by doctors and therapists cannot heal you no matter how many you get or when your insurance runs out.

After reading this book I will never let a doctor or therapist treat me the “old way” ever again! Off to the gym!

Thank God for this book!!!

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